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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gunther Himmler, Darmstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Hofmann Maschinenbau GmbH, Pfungstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73462 ; 73460 ;
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for improving the fit of a pneumatic tire on a motor vehicle wheel rim, before a wheel balancing operation is carried out the wheel is accelerated to a maximum permissible peripheral speed and centrifugal force acting at the wheel is measured at that speed. The drive for the wheel with tire thereon is stopped when the measured variation in centrifugal force reaches or falls below a predetermined limit value.